Victòria Codina Espurz is a tenured professor in the English Studies Department of Universitat Jaume I, where she currently co-directs the MELACOM master. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching Methodology (University of Pittsburgh), and a M.A. in TESOL (West Virginia University). She has published internationally on a range of topics in applied linguistics as well as a number of instructional publications. Her research interests include interlanguage pragmatics as well as factors influencing second language acquisition.